throughout our area. a different storm threat has communities across our area on alert now. katherine creag is in hoboken with a look at that. >> reporter: good morning from hoboken, where it is drizzling lightly, michael. if it were to stay like, this we'd be pretty fortunate because it has been raining heavily off and on over the last few hours. you can see the street here. we're waiting for commuters as they head to the train station. nearby there's already flooding. we want to show you what it looks like in a parki nng lot next to the path train station. a few inches of water already pooling there. it's an area local transportation and public works crews use to park but also commuters use to cut across to catch a train. in belmar, works crews started in the evening and continued overnight lowering the level of lake como. they're worried about the rain headed our way. they installed a system to pump water out of the lake. also, sand dunes have been built up to keep ocean waters from

the worry is more rain that's headed our way in the coming days. >> if possible, we will absolutely empty it and bring it to the lowest level possible because that's where all the water goes. if the water doesn't go there, it ends up in people's basements. >> reporter: and we want to show you this video from asbury park. water levels also lowered there by the bays in preparation for days of forecasted rain. also a possible tropical storm. michael, we'll be talking with some of the people here headed to work. it's one thing to deal with the rain as you're heading to the train station, but also there's flooding in this area of hoboken. back to you. >> kat, thank you so much. it's 4:35. time for weather and traffic. chris is off this morning. dave price is here. good morning. >> good morning. busy morning in the weather center. the good news is, as we mentioned, the heaviest downpours now out of the way but heading up to the north. let's zoom on in. places like duchess county as

through the taconic, across on 17. that's where we're seeing very, very heavy downpours right now. in fact, we have a flood advisory in effect for areas of duchess and alster county. so you really want to watch it, especially going up the 87 corridor on some of the smaller roadways. you have two problems. number one is flooding. number two is visibility with heavy downpours for that area. as far as the forecast for the day, right now we have a rainy start. we have fog out there. 73 degrees. through the day today, we are going to continue to see the presence of clouds, spot showers. 76 degrees at 3:00 p.m. down to 67 as you head home. we have another major system we're watching for the end of the week. we'll talk about that in a minute. we have the radar going all morning. right now, over to lauren. >> thanks, dave. good morning. let's talk about mass transit. it's not the easiest ride out there on the roads, but not the

fast track maintenance, which means no e service between jamaica center and briarwood. there is shuttle bus service in place. we have a lot of overnight track work on other lines. 1, 2, 3 p 7, a, n, and r. expect delays and service changes there as well. alternate side of the street parking rules are back in effect today. >> lauren, thank you very much. happening now, we have new video that could lead police to the gunman who robbed a queens deli deli. security cameras captured very clear video of this crime. this happened sunday night at a deli on flushing avenue. they pull weapons on the clerk. police say these thieves stole about $5,000 from the register. they also took cell phones and wall wet ets from two people in the deli. in the bronx, a woman is now facing murder charges, accused of tossing her newborn daughter out a seventh floor window to her death. police say 33-year-old jennifer berry hid her pregnancy from her boyfriend.

they say after giving birth in his home, she then tossed the child out a window with the umbilical cord still attached. the medical examiner says the baby had taken a breath before the fall. >> i don't know if she really even know what she did. the look on her face was like the devil was in her. i'm sorry, but that's what it was. >> it looked like she dropped it. >> sources tell news 4 the baby's father told detectives he thought berry had an abortion. he is not charged in this case. right now, new numbers on leej nars. cases climbed from seven to ten, all of them in the morris park section. seven cooling towers in the area have tested positive for the bacteria. the sites include einstein college and a chase bank building. >> i'm not too worried about

catching it from people, but i don't want to go to a place where it's located. >> all these sites were just cleaned under the city's new law that was passed after the summer's deadly outbreak. the cooling tours will get disinfected once again. tomorrow night health officials will hold a town hall meeting to address neighborhood concerns. today, legislation that could protect parents from illegal day care centers will be introduced in the new york city council. the bill will make it easier to find out if a center is licensed or received violations. the information will be posted online. this follows the mysterious death of 3-month-old carl towndrow. he died at an unlicensed manhattan day care center. >> based on what i learned from that incident, i saw there was not a way for parents to no whether or not a day care center has had license revocation or is operating without a license. >> now the department of health's website only tells you whether day care center is

facility has a bad record. some members of congress are warning the u.s. needs a new strategy to stop extremist groups like isis from growing. nearly 30,000 foreigners from all over the world have joined isis in syria and iraq since 2011. 250 of them americans. president obama warned other nations at a u.n. summit yesterday isis is a tough enemy to fight. >> ultimately, however, it is not going to be enough to defeat isil in the battlefield. we had to prevent from radicalizing, recruiting, and inspiring others to violence in the first place. >> the president added the way to fight isis is to offer better ideas, jobs, and stable governments as well. well, donald trump isn't happy about where he's placed on "forbes" magazine's annual list of the 400 richest people. the magazine puts trump in 121st place with an estimated net worth of $4.5 billion.

but trump claims he's worth much more and accused "forbes" of trying to make him look, quote, as poor as possible. the republican presidential front runner says there's another magazine that's about to come out that puts his fortune at $11.5 billion. >> when they get that wrong, it's very upsetting. >> can't have him looking broke. >> okay, 4:41 right now. still ahead, a recall you need to know about if you're a parent. also ahead, a new revelation from the kentucky clerk at center of the same-sex marriage controversy. and it is the city's newest subway station. the question is, why isn't anybody using it? it's a story you'll see only on 4. and we're tracking the storm for you. weather and traffic on the 4s is coming up. don't forget, follow us on

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right now crews are battling a three alarm fire inside a church in the west brighton section. so far no word on any injuries. we're keeping a close eye on tropical storm joaquin. it's still early to tell if joaquin will have a direct impact on our area, but many communities taking no chances. they're already shoring up coastlines, clearing drains, and pumping out lakes. more than 50,000 pacifier clips are being recalled due to a choking hazard. the recall involves five different styles. consumers should stop using them and contact the company for a refund. tonight's powerball jackpot, $301 million. you have until 9:00 tonight to buy your ticket. the drawing is at 11:00 tonight. darlene will be up, and she's going to call us with the results. >> i know. first i'm going to check my ticket. it's 4:44. time for weather and traffic on the 4s. hey, dave.

>> hey, we have a lot to talk about this morning, so let's get right to it. let's take a look outside, see what's happening behind us. you can see the flags are flying. we have gusts to 25-mile-per-hours. in the city right now. the good news is most of the heavy rain out of the way. let's go through the current conditions and go through the long list of things that are happening and that we expect to happen over the next seven days or so. 73 degrees outside with rain and fog. limited visibility. the worst of it well to the north at this hour. heavy rain to showers. we make that transition. then a significant drop in temperatures. a chilly, windy thursday where the temperature is going to feel about 35 degrees cooler than it did yesterday. we're also tracking joaquin's path. it is very complicated. we'll explain why in just a minute. but right now, the most important thing, what's happening around the region at this hour. the heavy rain pulled to the north, moving rapidly right now. the system at about 40 miles per

hour. let's head on up to duchess county, take a look at the area around poughkeepsie, stretching through the 87 corridor. the saw mill just to the south. the taconic parkway. all of these areas drenched with rain with limited visibility at this hour. i think the next 60 to 90 minutes, most of this pulls away. now let's look at what's happening in suffolk county. heavy rains rolling through east hampton out to montauk. it's the same story line, i think -- actually, it stretches back to riverhead. it's going to begin to affect south hampton. in the next couple hours, that goes away. now, joaquin, our next big rainmaker. where does it go? how does it move? the models still disagreeing. it is making a turn to the south. then it's going to begin to move to the west. a landfall around the carolinas to the delmarva peninsula potentially. we are on the northern most area of the cone of uncertainty.

we need to prepare. no doubt we're going to see some rain out of this, but the question is how much and when does it make the turn out to the atlantic and what's blocking it. moving west-southwest at 6, 70-mile-per-hour winds. most likely going to become a hurricane. what does it wind up when it makes landfall? but again, into our region, monday at about 2:00 a.m. that's early. that's pre-rush hour. as far as today goes, lingering showers. the worst gets out of the region by, let's say, 6:30, 7:00. then we'll see that rain. north-northwest winds. tonight, mostly cloudy, a sprinkle. temperatures down into the 50s. as far as the seven-day forecast, look at those temperature changes. down to 56 degrees on friday. into the weekend, big question marks. we have a fair amount of moisture to get through. a system to the west and of course joaquin, which we are keeping an eye on.

a lot going on thia morning. stay tuned. we'll get you through it all. in fact, lauren is standing by with traffic. >> yes, we'll get you through it all. a lot of issues out there, particularly in new jersey. we did have route 9 in briar cliff manor shut down. that's finally reopened. here's what's still out there. you have the ramp shut down from 80 eastbound to exit 58, which is madison avenue. then heading over to 280 eastbound out by exit 1 new road, there's an accident in the right lane. route 22 westbound, this transformer fire shuts down all lanes at ridge road. traffic is being diverted by county line road. if you're headed out the door in that way, leave yourself a little extra time. you're going to need to move around a little bit. then we'll talk about flooding. on the new jersey turnpike southbound in the truck lanes before exit 9, a little flooding. it's still passable. the bigger problem is in queens on the cross island where southbound between northern boulevard and the l.i.e., you have the right lane completely shut down with flooding and a mudslide out there. that will likely be out there

for the morning rush. i'll keep a close eye on the delays. alternate side of the street parking rules back in effect today. more weather and traffic coming up. >> lauren, thank you very much. it's 4:48 now. new this morning, a georgia woman has been executed despite several last-minute appeals, including one from pope francis. supporters gathered outside the prison last night where she was put to death. she had been convicted of murder for convincing her lover to kill her husband in 1997. lawyers had fought unsuccessfully throughout the day to stop that execution. even pope francis weighing in. one of his representatives wrote a letter asking authorities to commute her sentence. the kentucky clerk locked in a battle over same-sex marriage licenses says she met with pope francis. kim davis' lawyer says the encounter secretly happened last week in washington. pope francis told her to stay strong, according to them, and they hugged. he also gave her two rosaries. no word from the vatican about the meeting. in new jersey, authorities

video of a man being held at gunpoint by someone who claimed to be a police officer. this is youtube video of the alleged incident last week in paterson. you can see the man approach the victim with a gun. you see the weapon there. he orders him to get down on the ground. the video then shows him kicking the man while he's on the ground. police are looking at this incident and an earlier stabbing, which may have set up this confrontation. >> we have no complaintant at this time that's come to our internal affairs bureau. based on the youtube video, we have turned all the reports from both investigations over to the county prosecutor's office, who will review the matter and either continue with the investigation or send it back to us. >> now, paterson police say the man with the gun is a member of the department. he's currently on full duty. right now in queens, a construction worker is recovering in the hospital after

he passed out on a pillar yesterday afternoon near the corner of 56th road and lauren hill boulevard. rescue teams used a 90-foot tower ladder to reach the top of the pillar, and they safely lowered him to the ground. fire officials say the worker felt sick when he passed out. >> construction worker up on top of the pillar right there had difficulty breathing and was complaining of being dizzy. seemed to be having difficulty breathing and possible, slight cardiac episode. he's in good care now. >> thankfully that worker is expected to be okay. in connecticut, bill finch is no longer going to seek re-election. finch had hoped to run as an independent candidate after he lost this month's primary to the joe ganim. but finch announced he's throwing his support behind mary jane foster foster also lost in the primary,

ballot as an unaffiliated candidate. we're watching breaking news on staten island. fire tears through a church. an update from the scene at the top of the hour. also ahead, it's new, it's clean, but where are the people? why the hudson yard subway station looks like a ghosttown. we'll see that coming up as we continue to monitor that situation in staten island. you're watching "today in new

a live look there at the brooklyn bridge. it is 4:54 right now on this wednesday morning. wet wednesday morning. >> wet wednesday. >> listen, if you're looking for a lot of colors, you'd rather

see a rainbow than what i'm about to show you. let's look at the radar picture. still plenty to the north and east. let's not leave out areas still in jersey getting a fair amount of rain. right around mt. olive. jefferson, you're going to get some rain. right now, temperatures pretty much in the 70s. a cool spot in mon tirks c ticello. showers will be around all day. we're in for a wet pattern and much, much, much cooler weather as we head into tomorrow and the rest of the week. >> going to feel like fall. >> certainly is. >> all right, dave. thank you. >> been a rough ride on the roads. flooding in certain area. every road is open. nothing is completely flooded.

the b-48, q-39, q-46, and qm6 are on detour. you'll see delays on midtown buses because of the u.n. general assembly. a reminder that the east side of manhattan will see plenty of closures. also a lot of emergency vehicles out there. as i was saying, a lot of issues on the roads. i'll have the details coming up. >> thank you. 4:56 right now. a report card for new york's roads, bridges, and sewers is out this morning. we didn't do so well. the american society of civil engineers gave the state a c-minus for its overall infrastructure. the report says they're getting worse with age and they're structurally poor. as for the sewer system, experts say it's outdated and lacks funding to address the problem. >> we keep building, but we're not good custodians of maintains that infrastructure in the future. that's what we need to do. >> the poor grade doesn't mean drivers are in danger, just that roads and bridges need repair.

earned b-minuses for its park system, solid waste, disposal, and recycling efforts. the $2.4 billion hudson yard station opened on the west side just weeks ago, but it's only seen a fraction of the number of riders that the mta expected. what's the problem here? andrew siff gets the answers. >> reporter: at a time of record ridership on the subways, this the city. it's also the newest. there's a reason why it isn't that crowded just yet. check out what happens when the 7 train stops at times square. almost everyone gets out. one stop later, amanda chambers of queens noticed an unbelievable amount of elbow room. >> kind of creepy and weird. i guess it will fill up eventually. right now it's kind of a ghost town. >> reporter: the mta projected 16,000 daily swipes of the metro card, but so far it's been only 7,000.

less than half the forecast when the mta ushered in huge crowds at the september 13th opening of hudson yards station. >> i guess not a lot of people live around here yet. >> reporter: that's a good guess and here's why. the largest private construction project in america, the $20 billion hudson yards site, isn't open yet. what will this ultimately be? >> it's going to be a mass of mixed use development that's going to connect two neighborhoods. >> reporter: the developer says 7,000 people will be working at the first office tower just six months from now. another 100,000 will work or live here by 2024. >> 125,000 people, that's stanford, connecticut. that's a city in and of itself. >> reporter: also boosting future crowds, big events at the javits center. as for the station itself, among the features a lot of new yorkers haven't heard about at this new station, this new

>> i honestly didn't even know it was open. >> reporter: if you're one of those people that doesn't like crowds, enjoy this station now. on the west side, andrew siff, news 4 new york. >> good looking station there. >> makes me want to go there. squeaky clean. coming up on 5:00 a.m. if you're about to head out the door, take us with you. >> keep watching "today in new york" by downloading the news 4 new york app on your mobile device. our next hour starts right now. breaking news on staten island. huge flames tear through a house of worship. firefighters calling this fire suspicious. the heavy rain is creating flood concerns for the morning commute. storm team 4 and lauren scala are watching it all. and violent crooks caught on camera. where these men attacked a store clerk. "today in new york" starts now. good morning, everybody. coming up on 5:00 a.m. on this wednesday. it's september 30th. i'm michael gargiulo. >> i'm darlene rodriguez.

chris is off this morning. dave price is here with the forecast. >> a radar picture pretty much tells the story, doesn't it? the good news is most of the heavy rain now pushing out of the immediate metropolitan area. the bad news is if you're to the north or to the east, you're getting walloped by it right now. look in duchess county right now. you are getting rain upwards of half an inch to three-quarters of an inch an hour. that's the rate at which it's falling. the good news is the system is going at about 40 miles per hour. within the next 90 minutes or so, much of this rain should be out of the way. but it does not mean we are going to be dry. scattered showers throughout the day, 76 degrees should be the high temperature. spotty shower not out of the question at all. 75 at noontime. 67 tonight at 6:00. as we head through the next several days, a very, very big chill. changes in the forecast, and we're watching joaquin for its

weekend or the beginning of next week. that's a look at the here and now. let's look at traffic. lauren's got that. >> thank you, dave. good morning, everyone. there is some flooding out there on the roads, a little on the west side highway, some on the harlem river drive. everything is passable right now. we have a new accident on the new york state throughway southbound just after the garden state parkway connector. that's in the left lane. watch out for some minor delays. we also have a tree down on the palisades parkway. not all that far from here. before you get to 9w just after the state line, that's blocking the right lane. be very careful as you head out the door. more weather and traffic coming up. we want to get to breaking news on staten island where a huge fire inside a church is taking place on delafield avenue. tracie strahan is there. we understand you just got an update from fire officials on the scene. >> reporter: we have, michael. as stay start they start to pack up the hoses here, we have learned that

this three-alarm fire has been deemed suspicious. let's show you video of the heavy volume of fire that greeted 150 firefighters when they arrived just after 2:00 this morning. according to the fire chief, it's that volume of fire that raised a lot of suspicion so far. that's why the fire marshals have arrived on the scene. let's show you some video now of the scene when we arrived. 150 firefighters trying to tackle flames that tore through the roof of this church, even causing the steeple to collapse. this is a church that's actually been unoccupied for a year, but the chief told us that the weather conditions in this case helped a lot. take a listen. >> we just took it upon ourselves to, you know, let neighbors know that it's raining fire. let's leave. >> actually, the rain and weather conditions which usually hamper us helped us because the rain was very heavy. so any embers that landed on the roofs of buildings, the rain was helping to extinguish it.

>> reporter: now, again, the roof did collapse. fire crews are now concerned about the remaining free-standing walls. they weren't able to get inside to tackle these flames, even though it's under control. that's something they will do now. they hope to get inside, sift through some of the debris for any evidence that could help them determine what may have started all of this. back to you. >> okay, tracie. thank you very much. heavy rains creating a mess for the morning commute, but a different storm threat has communities across our area on alert. katherine creag is in hoboken right now with more. good morning. >> reporter: darlene, good morning. people are worried about the rain today and the rain coming in the next several days. we want to show you video of what's happening here in hoboken already. there's flooding over by a parking lot not far from us. it's next to the path train station. there's a few inches of water already pooling there. it's an area local transportation and public works crews use to park their vehicles. also commuters use it to cut across to catch their train. from belmar, also video we want

to show you.